var ALERT_TITLE = "DivorceYes";
		var ALERT_BUTTON_TEXT = "Ok";

		if(document.getElementById)
		{
			window.alert = function(txt)
			{
				createCustomAlert(txt);
			}
		}

		function createCustomAlert(txt)
		{
				// shortcut reference to the document object
				d = document;

				// if the modalContainer object already exists in the DOM, bail out.
				if(d.getElementById("modalContainer")) return;

				// create the modalContainer div as a child of the BODY element
				mObj = d.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(d.createElement("div"));
				mObj.id = "modalContainer";
				// make sure its as tall as it needs to be to overlay all the content on the page
				mObj.style.height = document.documentElement.scrollHeight + "px";

				// create the DIV that will be the alert 
				alertObj = mObj.appendChild(d.createElement("div"));
				alertObj.id = "alertBox";
				// MSIE doesnt treat position:fixed correctly, so this compensates for positioning the alert
				if(d.all && !window.opera) alertObj.style.top = document.documentElement.scrollTop + "px";
				// center the alert box
				alertObj.style.left = (d.documentElement.scrollWidth - alertObj.offsetWidth)/2 + "px";
				alertObj.style.visiblity="visible"
				// create an H1 element as the title bar
				h1 = alertObj.appendChild(d.createElement("h1"));
				h1.appendChild(d.createTextNode(ALERT_TITLE));

				// create a paragraph element to contain the txt argument
				msg = alertObj.appendChild(d.createElement("p"));
				msg.appendChild(d.createTextNode(txt));

				// create an anchor element to use as the confirmation button.
				btn = alertObj.appendChild(d.createElement("a"));
				btn.id = "closeBtn";
				btn.appendChild(d.createTextNode(ALERT_BUTTON_TEXT));
				btn.href = "#";
				// set up the onclick event to remove the alert when the anchor is clicked
				btn.onclick = function() { removeCustomAlert();return false; }

		}
// removes the custom alert from the DOM
				function removeCustomAlert()
				{
					document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].removeChild(document.getElementById("modalContainer"));
				}

				function message()
				{
					alert("This is a custom alert dialog that was created by over-riding the window.alert method. jgsfdfg jhgsdhjgsd jhgdjhgds jhdsgfjhgsf sdjghsdgh sdjgjsdgh skjdhgfjhsdg jsdgjhdsg jdghjsdg jsdhgjhsdg ytsadyug ausdygfuyasgdf uasyfuaysdgf ausydfuysdgf ausdfuasdf aosudyfuiasydf asuidyfaiusoydf asuidfiuasyd uisaydfuisaydqoutqueryt qurUA");
					return false;
				}